Growth Instigators Hotline

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 Let’s just say you are sitting at a red light and you see someone flick a cigarette into a field of dry grass.  You notice a flame beginning to start.  What do you do?  Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #1...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 It’s time to get smart. Stop chasing your tail! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #102 and I am Aaron Havens. Yesterday (#101) we talked about Patient Endurance.  I used the illustration of running a 6.2 m...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 My parents either saw greatness in me or… Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #101 and I am Aaron Havens. So they either saw greatness in me and encouraged me to start running 10k’s in third grade, or… I had...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 Pack it up pack it in, let me begin, I came to battle and for me that’s a sin. I came to get down, I came to get down Now get out your seat and jump around… jump around Thank you “House of Pain”… in a round about way Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership le...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 What’s more fulfilling than a stacked up bank account? What’s more satisfying than a yacht, or beach house, or a Bentley? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #99 and I am Aaron Havens. I was sitting with a v...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 What do you do when you’re nearly there.  Almost.  So close you can taste it? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #98 and I am Aaron Havens. I’ve gotten a few comments this week about “sticking it out”, “con...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 Too much weight or unstable support… Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #97 and I am Aaron Havens. One of the companies I help lead has made some significant and strategic moves recently.  Now I find myself...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 Brace for military lingo by a civilian… Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #96 and I am Aaron Havens. How many of you know what a IFF Transponder is?   Identification “Friend or Foe” (IFF) Transponders are...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 If you can just do this one thing… you’re well on your way to a productive day. Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #95 and I am Aaron Havens. My friends, would you attest to this? Actions will change your a...

Growth Instigators Hotline 970.306.6432 Just because you spent less $$, doesn’t mean you paid less! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #94 and I am Aaron Havens. What is the cost of that thing that you just purchased? What is the cost of that err...

970.306.6432 Don’t get caught in this trap… Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #93 and I am Aaron Havens. Definitives can be dangerous I learned a long time ago to be cautious when I hear definitives.  And when I catch myself using definitives I...

970.306.6432 I guess it’s in the way you look at it.  Today lets see if we can have the right perspective today. Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #92 and I am Aaron Havens. Think back to a time in your life when you could say something like: Wh...

Growth Instigator Hotline 970.306.6432 Are you more of a “Slow and Steady”, or “Ready, Fire, Aim”? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #91 and I am Aaron Havens. We all find ourselves somewhere today. Today a culmination of many minutes and days a...

In a matter of one day my plant went from lush and green, to begging for water.  Or did it? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #90 and I am Aaron Havens. I have an umbrella plant in my room.  I bought it a couple years ago and had no idea what I...

There is one thing you simply cannot do.  For real, don’t even think about it! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #89 and I am Aaron Havens. Winston Churchill has a quote… "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to con...

It’s pretty crazy what a can of yellow spray paint can do! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #88 and I am Aaron Havens. The caterpillar D9 costs roughly 1 million dollars.  This is a bulldozer that can move some serious dirty.  It can do some se...

When is “close”, close enough?! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #87 and I am Aaron Havens. When is “close”, close enough? I think a brilliant answer to this question is “it depends”.  Absolutey.  There is no one answer to satisfy and serve as...

It was straight out of a scary horror movie… you know the kind where nobody wins.  And I knew, the moment I opened the door, there was no turning back! Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #86 and I am Aaron Havens. One of my first jobs was working...

What gives you the Hebbie Jeebies? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #85 and I am Aaron Havens. I’m usually a pretty chill dude.  Not many things give me the Hebbie Jeebies (which if you look up is defined as extreme anxiousness).  Yeah… no… I d...

We are ALL susceptible to this. And, we can either make it an excuse or example Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #84 and I am Aaron Havens. If you’re super observant, and I know a few of you daily callers might have picked up on the fact that y...

Dang it, you caught me with my pants down.  Ummm.  Oh shoot man.  2 hour seminar.  Uhhh I don’t know.  I’m drawing a blank.  It’s too early for me to think about that.  I’m going to call back later, I’m going to think about that.  Yeah.  I’ll right.  But I didn’t want to just hang up because you told me I couldn’t hang up.  Umm.  Give me a second, let me think about this.  This is a good challenge...

The elevator door opens and in walks a well known billionaire that is know for seeding money to get good ideas off the ground.  They turn and look to you, “Hello!  What is it you do?”  You have 20 floors to give your pitch.  What would it be? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every da...

By simply letting the story unfold… I paid $23 more for my meal. Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #81 and I am Aaron Havens. This past week, my wife and I went out for a fancy meal to celebrate 26 years of marriage. We went to a nice place.  It...

What’s up!  I mean WHATS UP? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #80 and I am Aaron Havens. How many times have you gotten in trouble because someone read a text or an email wrong? Like what you were trying to say, just didn't kind come out t...

Do you want to know a technical CHOP that might mean the difference between struggling or making some good coin? Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every day of the week!  This is message #79 and I am Aaron Havens. SEO.  You know what that means?   It stands for Search Engine Optimizat...